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The provision was hotly debated during recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections when retired Assam DGP Harekrishna Deka, who after finding the discrepancy in the VVPAT did not complain, as falsity of such complaint would have led to his imprisonment and heavy fine.

A total of 1,305 VVPATs were manually counted in polling booths where Lok Sabha polls for 26 seats were held. Apart from the 351 VVPATs counted where CUs malfunctioned, 29 VVPATs were counted in polling booths where mock-poll data were not erased.

The BJP had called the Opposition move a desperate attempt in the face of certain defeat.

In Jalandhar, EVM and VVPAT machines have been deposited at the office of the Director Land Records, Government Sports School and the State Patwar School, both located at the premises of land record office.

The man said he didn’t want to reveal his vote so he pressed a random symbol in front of officers and the VVPAT slip printed the one he clicked in the test vote — rendering his allegation false.

Elections 2019, How to Vote in #India, Voting Timings: The states which are voting in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.